Sean Mooney

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Sean Mooney is a former World Wrestling Federation play-by-play announcer. He was born and currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

1 WWF Career
- 1.1 Return to WWE
2 Non-WWF Career
3 References

[edit] WWF Career

Mooney debuted on the May 15, 1988 edition of WWF Wrestling Challenge. He replaced announcer Craig DeGeorge.^[1]

His main duties were hosting a segment on syndicated TV shows, such as WWF Superstars and WWF Wrestling Challenge called "The Event Center".^[1] This segment promoted upcoming house shows, of which there were as many as eight per week. He introduced the matches and the wrestlers would comment on them.

Mooney also worked as a play-by-play announcer and host for numerous Coliseum Home Video releases. His last PPV appearance was at Survivor Series 1992. After being part of the first few episodes of Monday Night Raw, he was released in early 1993 by the WWF and was replaced by Todd Pettengill. ^[1]

Mooney also portrayed Ian Mooney, his fictitious identical twin brother.

[edit] Return to WWE

He reappeared on WWE TV for one time only in October of 2005, during the pre-show to WWE Raw's "Homecoming" to the USA Network. The pre-show simply ran through some past moments of RAW on the USA Network, with several people involved with the WWE during the first years of Monday Night Raw, including Mooney, sharing their memories of the WWE during that period.

[edit] Non-WWF Career

Mooney worked as an on-camera host and producer for Major League Baseball Productions in the early 1980s before working for the WWF.

Following his WWF stint, Mooney became an anchorman for WWOR Television, based in Secaucus, New Jersey. He worked there until 1997 when he was replaced by Ernie Anastos. He moved that year to WBZ in Boston where he served as anchorman for just under a year. ^[2]

Since 2000, Mooney has been a sideline reporter and correspondent on FSN Arizona. He also owns a production company called Moonrise Productions. ^[1]^[3]